Nils Langer

List of John Benjamins publications in which Nils Langer is involved.

Langer, Nils 2022 Standardisierung im Nordfriesischen From West to North Frisia: A Journey along the North Sea Coast, Walker, Alastair, Eric Hoekstra, Goffe Jensma, Wendy Vanselow, Willem Visser and Christoph Winter (eds.), pp. 226–243 | Chapter

This article discusses the effect of standardisation on language ownership. Starting with examples from German, it reflects on how the verticalisation of linguistic varieties in the Early Modern period resulted in the separation of correct / incorrect linguistic variants, depending on whether… read more

Langer, Nils 2014 Markus Messling & Ottmar Ette Edited by, Wort Macht Stamm: Rassismus und Deter­minismus in der Philologie Historiographia Linguistica 41:1, pp. 164–167 | Review

Langer, Nils 2014 Standard German in the eighteenth century: Norms and use Norms and Usage in Language History, 1600–1900: A sociolinguistic and comparative perspective, Rutten, Gijsbert, Rik Vosters and Wim Vandenbussche (eds.), pp. 277–302 | Article

This chapter presents an account of the German standard language in the eighteenth century by discussing the problems of finding spoken- and non-standard language phenomena during a century when virtually all texts were written in the prestige variety. It identifies a number of grammatical changes… read more

Langer, Nils 2003 Low German Germanic Standardizations: Past to Present, Deumert, Ana and Wim Vandenbussche (eds.), pp. 281–301 | Article

Langer, Nils 2002 On the importance of foreign language grammars for a history of standard German Standardization: Studies from the Germanic languages, Linn, Andrew R. and Nicola McLelland (eds.), pp. 67–82 | Article

Langer, Nils 1998 Lenz, Barbara, Un-Affigierung Studies in Language 22:1, pp. 259–265 | Squib